Ready to buy, but crappy day at the dealer

[dochummer]

have you tried faxing all the dealers in the area with what you are looking for - asking for their bottom price.... Might save you time as far as trying to visit every dealership.

[K9sH3]

Don't take this wrong... But maybe you go in to excited about buying a H3. I have done that when buying something I realy wanted and the "salesman" goes in for the kill. I was thinking if anyone on here lives near you, buy them lunch or dinner and have them take you to where they bought.
Sorry to hear you having so much "BS" from those dealers.

[Crash ?]

Originally Posted by K9sH3

But maybe you go in to excited about buying a H3. I have done that when buying something I realy wanted and the "salesman" goes in for the kill.

I made this mistake the first time I went in looking at the H3.. I went in with exactly what I wanted, what I expected on trade-in, what I was willing to pay, as well as what I expected the note to be.. The salesman looked it over, told me what he had on the lot, what he expected me to pay for it, how upside down I was in my trade and when he told me what the monthly note would be he couldn't hardly keep a straight face.. Roughly $750 a month on a lease... I asked for the keys to my truck and told him to have a nice day.

The next day he called me and we started actually trying to make a reasonable deal. Somehow my trade that they said I'd have to pay them $1500 to take off my hands became worth about $5750.. He dropped the price of the trailering stuff I said I had no use for.. And I relented and paid for the sunroof I said I didn't want.. We were still $75 higher per month than what I said my max would be... No Deal...

I did some soul searching, Jeep Commander looking (I won't go into the hassles I got from that place) and insurance shopping, went back a week later and told him I'd split the difference between his monthly payment and mine and we did the paperwork.. I found an extra $25 a month in lower insurance premiums (an 06 H3 has lower insurance rates than a 98 Isuzu Rodeo 2wd) and knew I wouldn't have been happy with a Commander even over the Rodeo I already had...

IMHO the Commander isn't anything more than a 4WD street vehicle.. I have no idea how Jeep has managed to stick it's Trail Rated badge on that thing.. My 2wd Rodeo did better offroad (good ground clearance) than the Commander could ever hope for...

I was still a bit over what is being reported from the GMID thing (that I knew nothing about then), but still felt like I got a reasonably good deal.

Rob